Beef producer attitudes for industry coordination: Empirical evidence from Canada

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 119-127

  Kularatna, Hemal D ^a   Spriggs, John D ^b   Storey, Gary G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co ordination; Consumer attitudes; Farming

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MARKETING; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY CONTROL;

CANADA; CO-ORDINATION; CONSUMER ATTITUDES; FARMING;

MEATS;

EID: 3843131864     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540110399138     Document Type: Review

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